Liquid-cooling dispensing device



F. C. GRANTHAM LIQUID COOLING DISPENSING DEVICE May 19, 1925.

Filed Oct 15 1924 M. m s s T w. mm 2 m m r WR/ E A 1 a Patented May 1 9, 1 925. r

FREDERIG CH RLES GRA THAM, or VANCOUVER, BRITISH coLuMBIA, CANADA.

LIQUID-COOLING nisrnnsme nEv1oE.

Application filed October 15, 1924. Serial No. 743,828.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Fnnnnnio GHARLns I GRANTHAM, a subject of theKing of Great Britain, and a resident of the city of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia,

Canada, have invented certain new and use- "till Improvements in LiquidtCooling Dispensing Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in liquid cooling and dispensing devices, the objects of which are to provide means for replenishing the ice to the cooling chamber without removingthe liquid container supported thereover, to provide means whereby the liquid container may be effectively sealed to prevent the discharge of liquid therefrom when being raised in an inverted position, and furtherto provide a sealing means for the liquid container which will, bv gravity, engage the neck of the container with suificient force to prevent its accidental removal when handling.

The invention consists essentially of a cooler having. a liquid chamber and a cooling chamber, by which a liquid container is supported in inverted position, and asealing means for the liq-uidcontainer, as will be more fully described in the following specification in which .c'ig. 1 is a sect iew of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan of the cooler.

Fig. container sealed in inverted position.

Fig. 4' is a sectional view of the liquid container sealed in normal position.

In the drawings like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

The numeral 1- indicates a cooler having an ice chamber 2 and a liquid chamber 3, which is provided with a discharge tap '4. Upon the cooler l a. cover, generally indicated b the numeral 5, is fitted, the cover being formed in two sections 6 and 7 The section 6 which covers particularly the liquid chamber 3 may be formed integrally with the cooler 1 and is provided with an aperture 8 which forms a seat for the liquid 3 is a sectional view of the liquid tainer having a substantially horizontal shoulder 10 which permits the container to be firmly carried upon the cover sectionG when inverted. The neck 11 of the container is preferably parallel and is tightly fitted with a sleeve 12 of rubber or other resilient material. Extending through the sleeve is a rod 13 which is somewhat greater in length than the distance between the bottom of the liquid chamber 3 and the inner end of the sleeve 12 when the liquid container 9. is in position upon the cooler. The rod is provided at each end with slightly tapering stoppers 14 and 15 respectively, each having a quick taper as at 16 that they may readily lead into the sleeve 12, the combined weight of the rod 13 and the stoppers means wherebv the upper stopper may be The cap on the lower stopper, when in engagement with the lower end of withdrawn.

sleeve, permits the sleeve to be readily withdrawn from the container neck 11 by exert ing an upward pull. on the rod 13. Prior to setting a container 9 into position upon the cooler 1, the lower stopper is drawn up into sealing engagement with the sleeve, the con taincr is inverted and lowered into position on the cover 6. The upper stopper coming into contact with the bottom of the cooler unseats the lower stopper from the sleeve during the final lowering movement of the container and permits the liquid to flow into the liquid chamber 3 until an air lock in the container 9 is formed.

Should it be necessary to remove the container before its contents have been discharged into the chamber 3 it sullices to raise it vertically, allowing the weight of the stoppers 14 and 15 and the rod to scalthe container from the inner end of the sleeve.

' The container 9 may be refilled either by pulling the rod 13 upwards and withdrawing the lower stopper 14 and the sleeve 12,

or by raising the upper stopper and pouring.

through the sleeve.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. In a device of the class described, a liquid container having a top opening and adapted to be supported upon a cooler and to discharge liquid when in inverted position, a sleeve fitted to the top opening, a pair of oppositely disposed stoppers end- Wise movable to engage opposite ends of the sh w to seal the container and means upon one of the stoppers to engage the end of the sleeve to remove it from the container.

2. In a device of the character described, a liquid container having a discharge opening, a sleeve fitted in said opening, a rod slidable through said sleeve and stoppers at opposite ends of the rod engageable alternately with corresponding ends of the sleeve, the inner stopper being smaller than 1 the aforesaid opening but held against escape therethrough by engagement with said sleeve.

Dated at Vancouver, 13. (1, this 15th day of September, 19:24.

FREDERIC CHARLES GRANTHAM. Vitnesses H, B. MAPRIAN, J. J. JOHNSTON. 

